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Gov't: Bookseller tried to help terrorists
Feb 8 2006 11:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A bookstore owner and a jazz musician agreed soon after the Sept. 11 attacks to try to help terrorists in Afghanistan buy weapons and communications equipment to fight American soldiers, the government charged Wednesday.
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Wife of mine survivor says he has spoken
Feb 8 2006 11:48PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The lone survivor of the Sago Mine disaster has said a few words, and is interacting with family members through his eyes, sounds, movements and facial expressions, his wife said.
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Christian group seeks to help Air Force
Feb 8 2006 11:45PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An evangelical group petitioned Wednesday to intervene in a lawsuit by an Air Force Academy graduate who alleges senior officers and cadets illegally impose Christianity on others at the school.
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Jury indicts Canadian on terror charges
Feb 8 2006 11:26PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A Canadian national whose father allegedly was an associate of Osama bin Laden was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Boston on charges he supplied the al-Qaida terror network with weapons.
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Fire crews aided by calming Calif. winds
Feb 8 2006 11:18PM (CT)
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - Calming winds helped firefighters make progress Wednesday as they fought blazes in Southern California that have burned more than 7,200 acres of rugged land.
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Three convicted in immigrants' deaths
Feb 8 2006 10:59PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Three more people were convicted Wednesday in the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt, a journey that ended in the deaths of 19 illegal immigrants who had been packed into a stifling tractor-trailer.
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Governor: Ala. church fires appear linked
Feb 8 2006 10:58PM (CT)
BOLIGEE, Ala. (AP) - Gov. Bob Riley said Wednesday that the nine church fires in rural Alabama during the past week appear linked, as investigators checked out witness reports of two men in a sport-utility vehicle near a number of the fires.
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Female Carnival krewe donates $50,000
Feb 8 2006 10:46PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An all-woman parade club donated $50,000 Wednesday to the Police Department to help underwrite the costs of staging the city's first post-Katrina Mardi Gras.
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Dismissed violinist to get $500,000
Feb 8 2006 10:44PM (CT)
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - A discordant string quartet's decision to dismiss its violinist six years ago will cost them about $500,000, but not the use of their instruments.
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TV anchor: Atlanta ex-mayor carried cash
Feb 8 2006 10:12PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A Chicago TV newswoman testified Wednesday that former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell always carried plenty of cash while the two enjoyed a romantic relationship.
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Nineteen injured in latest L.A. jail brawl
Feb 8 2006 9:55PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nineteen inmates were injured Wednesday in a series of racially motivated brawls at a county jail where deadly rioting occurred last weekend, authorities said.
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Appeal rejected in Atlanta child murders
Feb 8 2006 9:42PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge has rejected an appeal by an inmate who was blamed in a string of child murders and disappearances 25 years ago.
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Texas killer of disabled girl executed
Feb 8 2006 9:38PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A paroled burglar who claimed he wanted to be a serial killer of minorities was executed Wednesday for the slaying of a mentally impaired woman who once worked with him.
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Two small planes collide; 3 dead in Calif.
Feb 8 2006 9:31PM (CT)
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) - Two small planes collided and crashed in flames Wednesday afternoon, killing three people and leaving wreckage strewn over a wide area around homes and a park in this east San Diego suburb, authorities said.
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Biological mother seeks say in girl's care
Feb 8 2006 9:26PM (CT)
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - Lawyers for the biological mother of an 11-year-old girl still struggling for life months after allegedly being severely beaten by her adoptive parents said Wednesday they will ask a court for more input on the girl's medical care.
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Corruption probe snags mayor, police chief
Feb 8 2006 9:01PM (CT)
LONOKE, Ark. (AP) - A small-town police chief resigned Wednesday amid a corruption investigation that's also led to accusations against his wife, the mayor and two others.
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Poll: Adults scoff at homework gripes
Feb 8 2006 8:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Too much homework? Sorry, kids, the adults aren't buying it. Most parents say their children get the right amount of homework, and most teachers agree, according to an AP-AOL Learning Services Poll.
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Chicago Sun-Times launches news service
Feb 8 2006 8:00PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Sun-Times is picking up where the shuttered City News Service left off, launching a 24-hour news wire scheduled to begin Monday.
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Bill to reform New Orleans levees approved
Feb 8 2006 7:58PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A panel of lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that would put the state in charge of the levee system in and around New Orleans, but opponents vowed to fight its final passage.
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Oakland to tax fast-food places over trash
Feb 8 2006 7:38PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Fed up with burger wrappers, french fry containers and paper cups, Oakland officials have decided to force fast-food restaurants, convenience stores and other businesses to help pay for cleaning up street trash.
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Judge allows man with dementia to marry
Feb 8 2006 7:37PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A judge who had to decide if it was love or Alzheimer's disease ruled in favor of romance. Davidson County Circuit Judge Randy Kennedy granted permission Tuesday for an 83-year-old man who lost control of his financial affairs because he has a mild form of senile dementia to marry his 48-year-old fiancee.
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Judge: Atlanta crime to be tried at scene
Feb 8 2006 7:34PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The trial of a man accused of killing four people in a shooting rampage that started at an Atlanta courthouse will be held in the same complex where the crime took place, a judge ruled Wednesday over the objections of the defense.
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Settlement reached in Chicago club deaths
Feb 8 2006 7:33PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The owners of a Chicago nightclub where 21 people died in a stampede have agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle dozens of lawsuits brought by victims and their families, attorneys said Wednesday.
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Cargo hold fire forces UPS plane to land
Feb 8 2006 6:30PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A UPS plane with flames shooting from its rear cargo hold made an emergency landing early Wednesday in time for the pilot and two crew members to jump to safety on the runway.
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Injured soldier made to pay for body armor
Feb 8 2006 6:11PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A former soldier injured in Iraq is getting a refund after being forced to pay for his missing body armor vest, which medics destroyed because it was soaked with his blood, officials said Wednesday.
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Student film probes slaying; man arrested
Feb 8 2006 5:35PM (CT)
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - Twenty-six years after the slaying of a young woman working as a hotel desk clerk, an arrest has been made in the 1979 crime, thanks to a college documentary that brought out witnesses, authorities said.
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GOP's 'anger' strategy has Dems defensive
Feb 8 2006 5:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Republican national chairman created a furor this week when he suggested Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is too "angry" to win the White House in 2008. And to hear Republicans tell it, Clinton is just one of many Democrats with an anger management problem.
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Honored young father said slain over drugs
Feb 8 2006 5:01PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An 18-year-old man once honored as a dedicated father and exemplary student was gunned down over a drug debt, prosecutor said.
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Sago Mine survivor's wife sues his brother
Feb 8 2006 4:31PM (CT)
GRAFTON, W.Va. (AP) - The wife of Sago Mine survivor Randal McCloy Jr. is suing her brother-in-law for taking pictures of her comatose husband and selling them to the National Enquirer.
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Trial opens in Ill. teen slaying
Feb 8 2006 4:13PM (CT)
DIXON, Ill. (AP) - A teenager who was killed and dismembered picked the wrong schoolmate as a friend, prosecutors said Wednesday as a murder trial got under way.
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New Orleanians turn on their own lights
Feb 8 2006 4:03PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tired of waiting in the dark for the lights to come back on, Walter Vine took matters into his own hands: He unscrewed his electrical meter and rigged it to bring power into his flood-damaged home.
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Taxes trouble some Mass. lawmakers as well
Feb 8 2006 3:38PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Marie St. Fleur was a candidate for lieutenant governor for less than 24 hours before she had to drop out over unpaid taxes and student loans, leaving voters to ask how a key player in crafting the state budget could make such a mess of her own checkbook.
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Two face retrial in two slayings in Pa.
Feb 8 2006 3:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) - Two men whose Ohio murder convictions for the deaths of two college students were overturned will be retried, this time in Pennsylvania.
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Woman gets six years in Ohio baby killing
Feb 8 2006 3:01PM (CT)
ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) - A woman accused of stabbing her newborn son and dumping the body in a flooded quarry, weighed down by a duffel bag full of rocks, was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison.
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Two charged with capital murder in Va.
Feb 8 2006 2:49PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A grand jury indicted two men on murder charges in the slayings of seven people whose throats were slit during robberies of their homes, authorities announced Wednesday.
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Ex-music exec held in wiretapping case
Feb 8 2006 2:37PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former music executive charged in a wiretapping case involving Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano was ordered held without bail after the judge deemed him a flight risk.
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Alaska seeks to remake state's image
Feb 8 2006 2:19PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - It's known as The Last Frontier. But lately, Alaska is worried the rest of America sees it as the Freeloading Frontier.
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Texas town running out of water
Feb 8 2006 2:03PM (CT)
BRYSON, Texas (AP) - Water is so precious in this little town that elementary school students have to wash their hands with pre-moistened wipes instead of turning on the restroom faucets.
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First grader suspended for harassment
Feb 8 2006 1:23PM (CT)
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - A first grader was suspended for three days after school officials said he sexually harassed a girl in his class by allegedly putting two fingers inside the girl's waistband while she sat on the floor in front of him.
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Scott King laid to rest beside her husband
Feb 8 2006 12:05PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Mourners left flowers at the tomb where Coretta Scott King now rests beside her husband, the white stone of her tomb inscribed with a passage about faith, hope and love.
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Bank robbery manstermind pleads guilty
Feb 8 2006 11:52AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The mastermind of a gang of bank robbers who wore a variety of disguises, including maids' outfits, to steal more than $1.4 million has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
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Ex-D.C. mayor Barry's sentencing delayed
Feb 8 2006 11:45AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sentencing for former Mayor Marion Barry in connection with tax problems was delayed Wednesday after a judge said the defense failed to file several documents required under a plea deal.
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Fire on UPS plane forces emergency landing
Feb 8 2006 11:42AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A UPS cargo plane with flames shooting from the back made an emergency landing early Wednesday in time for the pilot and two crew members to jump to safety on the runway.
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State tax burdens jump across the nation
Feb 8 2006 11:37AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Every state but one collected more taxes per person in 2004 than it did a decade earlier, according to newly released data from the Census Bureau.
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Court papers allege man exploited 50 kids
Feb 8 2006 10:35AM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A teenage girl who allegedly had a lengthy sexual relationship with a former NASCAR publicist told authorities the man claimed to have victimized more than 50 children across the country, court documents say.
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U.S. says informant flagged London bomber
Feb 8 2006 9:30AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A terror informant arrested in 2004 identified one of the London transit system suicide bombers as a possible threat, according to U.S. officials who said the tip was too vague to foil last year's deadly attack.
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Fossett begins record flight attempt
Feb 8 2006 9:00AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Adventurer Steve Fossett shot down a three-mile runway in an experimental aircraft Wednesday and took off on an attempt to break a 20-year-old flight distance record.
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Man appeals conviction of student's murder
Feb 8 2006 6:33AM (CT)
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - The man convicted of murdering a 19-year-old Emory University student has filed an appeal, claiming a jury should not have been told about his criminal past.
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Authorities: Gay-bar suspect shot self
Feb 8 2006 5:15AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The teenager who killed a police officer and a woman in Arkansas days after an attack in a Massachusetts gay bar shot himself in the head with the same gun used in the bar attack, authorities said.
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Teen guilty of murders in newsman's ranch
Feb 8 2006 4:31AM (CT)
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) - Jurors convicted a 16-year-old boy in the shooting deaths of his family on newsman Sam Donaldson's ranch despite defense attorney's claims that the teen was abused by his parents.
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Ex-manager pleads guilty in R.I. deaths
Feb 8 2006 4:11AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The former tour manager for the heavy metal rock group Great White pleaded guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday for setting off the pyrotechnics that caused one of the deadliest nightclub fires in U.S. history.
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Calif. county bans tattoos for employees
Feb 8 2006 2:20AM (CT)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - Public employees in San Bernardino County are being asked to cover up tattoos and remove visible facial piercings in the workplace.
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Judge rules against immigration group
Feb 8 2006 2:03AM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A judge ruled Tuesday that organizers of Laguna Beach's annual Patriots' Day Parade have the right to exclude members of the volunteer border patrol group Minuteman Project.
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Michigan couple charged in son's death
Feb 8 2006 12:58AM (CT)
MASON, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan couple face murder charges in the death of their son who vanished over the Fourth of July and was found dead last month.
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Lasko Products Inc. recalling 5.6M fans
Feb 8 2006 12:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lasko Products Inc. is recalling 5.6 million Lasko, General Electric, Galaxy and Air King fans because an electrical failure in the motor can cause them to ignite.
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